TRC ELECTION: ECQ releases new figures in vote count

Tom has been with News Regional Media since 2013, having worked in newsrooms across south-west Queensland. Prior to his appointment at The Chronicle, he was the editor of the Western Star in Roma for 18 months. Growing up in Brisbane, he studied journalism at Queensland University of Technology. Away from work, he is happily in a relationship with his partner Sarah and enjoys playing music with his band in Toowoomba and supporting the Brisbane Broncos.

We'll update the graph below as the election results start rolling in. If you are an app user, click here to see the councillor results and here to see the mayoral results. News updates and analysis below the graph.

Councillor results:

UPDATE: The Electoral Commission of Queensland has finally updated its website with new figures in the Toowoomba Regional Council election.

With more than 470,000 votes counted and tallied, making up 41.58 per cent of enrolled voters, former journalist and editor Rebecca Vonhoff has maintained her lead against the 32-candidate field.

She has accrued 6.04 per cent of the vote (28,604), while incumbent Cr Geoff McDonald trails by more than 1000 votes (27,391, 5.78 per cent).

Cr Megan O'Hara Sullivan is sitting third with 26,472 votes (5.59 per cent), followed by Deputy Mayor Carol Taylor at 26,240 (5.54 per cent).

Former Toowoomba North MP Kerry Shine has maintained his place in the top five by pulling 5.37 per cent (25,454 votes), followed by incumbents Crs Bill Cahill (24,932, 5.26 per cent) and Nancy Sommerfield (24,152, 5.1 per cent).